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Mobile World Congress 2009 -- "pics or it didn't happen"

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Japanese DoCoMo phones

Symbian Foundation stand at MWC'09

How the magic happens

DoCoMo phone with rotating keypad (portrait mode)

DoCoMo phone with rotating keypad (landscape mode)

MWC 2009: end of the show

MWC 2009: MobiSpray @ Symbian Foundation

Mobile internet keynote session at MWC. Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo had to take the less popular role to protect operators' need to recover network investments, while Google's Vic Gundotra and Skype's Josh Silverman were all for simple flat-rate data.

The demo of the next step of search was truly impressive. A built-in accelometer tells the device to prepare for a voice command. Saying "weather" instantly brings Barcelona weather info, as the device knows where it's at.

Simon Beresford-Wylie of NSN brought up the flipside of flat rates and apps. Data traffic is growing a lot faster than data revenues. Investments in mobile broadband networks are likely to exceed the space shuttle programme...

Google's browser-based gmail available offline too. Browser-based and native applications are likely to become one over time, as more services will begin to combine the benefits of both approaches.

17.02.2009

...And this is where mobile TV is going to. Intel mock-up device which is unfortunately not yet real, however technically possible to produce. The point here is: if you're going to demo something, don't settle for less than amazing.

Mobile TV today as shown live at Axel's event. Intel MID device is a full PC with built-in mobile TV capability. With multistandard technology, mobile TV has overcome the challenge of fragmented standards.

LG KT770 (open)

LG KT770 (closed)

"The business of Mobile 2.0" proved to be a challenging topic: proliferation of a mobile application does not easily translate into monetization. In the near future, the focus will be on delighting customers and creating stickiness through easy sharing.

O-P Kallasvuo of Nokia emphasized open innovation for wider sourcing of ideas, and cooperation even with competitors. According to OPK, the first ones likely to object are lawyers, which he should know as he is one :)

In a panel, Ralph, Steve and O-P agreed not to fight over which definition of openness to adopt. The joint call was towards less fragmentation.

Steve Ballmer of Microsoft preached optimism with a dose of humility: no single company will be able to develop and provide all software, devices and services needed.

Ralph de la Vega of AT&T opened today's massively popular keynote session on open mobile ecosystem. He labelled the challenge as islands of ecosystems, which need to be interconnected to create truly useful mobile applications.

MWC 2009: Demos and tapas

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